干枯
gān kū
Pinyin

Definition

干枯
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gān kū
  1. withered
  2. dried up

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

枯燥
kū zào
  1. 1 dry and dull
  2. 2 uninteresting
  3. 3 dry-as-dust
乾坤
qián kūn
  1. 1 yin and yang
  2. 2 heaven and earth
  3. 3 the universe
干枯
gān kū
  1. 1 withered
  2. 2 dried up
乾陵
Qián líng
  1. 1 Qianling at Xianyang 咸陽市|咸阳市 in Shaanxi, burial site of third Tang emperor 高宗 and empress Wuzetian 武則天|武则天
乾隆
Qián lóng
  1. 1 Qianlong Emperor (1711-1799), sixth Qing emperor, princely title 寶親王|宝亲王[Bǎo Qīn wáng], personal name 弘曆|弘历[Hóng lì], reigned 1735-1799
枯木
kū mù
  1. 1 dead tree
枯竭
kū jié
  1. 1 used up
  2. 2 dried up
  3. 3 exhausted (of resources)
枯萎
kū wěi
  1. 1 to wilt
  2. 2 to wither
  3. 3 wilted
  4. 4 withered
  5. 5 drained
  6. 6 enervated
  7. 7 exhausted
枯叶
kū yè
  1. 1 dead leaf
  2. 2 withered leaf
海枯石烂
hǎi kū shí làn
  1. 1 lit. when the seas run dry and the stones go soft (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. forever
  3. 3 until the end of time
乾
qián
  1. 1 old variant of 乾[qián]
乾安
Qián ān
  1. 1 Qian'an county in Songyuan 松原, Jilin
乾县
Qián Xiàn
  1. 1 Qian County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳[Xián yáng], Shaanxi
枯
kū
  1. 1 dried up
枯干
kū gān
  1. 1 withered
枯寂
kū jì
  1. 1 dull and lonely
枯朽
kū xiǔ
  1. 1 withered and rotten
枯槁
kū gǎo
  1. 1 withered
  2. 2 haggard
  3. 3 languid
  4. 4 without energy
枯水
kū shuǐ
  1. 1 scarce water
  2. 2 low water level
枯水期
kū shuǐ qī
  1. 1 period of low water level (winter in north China)

Idioms (7)

冢中枯骨
zhǒng zhōng kū gǔ
  1. 1 dried bones in burial mound (idiom); dead and buried
扭转乾坤
niǔ zhuǎn qián kūn
  1. 1 lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to change the course of events
  3. 3 to turn things around
搜索枯肠
sōu suǒ kū cháng
  1. 1 to rack one's brains (for apt wording etc) (idiom)
旋乾转坤
xuán qián zhuǎn kūn
  1. 1 lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom); earth-shattering
  2. 2 a radical change
朝乾夕惕
zhāo qián xī tì
  1. 1 cautious and diligent all day long (idiom)
枯木逢春
kū mù féng chūn
  1. 1 lit. the spring comes upon a withered tree (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to get a new lease on life
  3. 3 to be revived
  4. 4 (of a difficult situation) to suddenly improve
海枯石烂
hǎi kū shí làn
  1. 1 lit. when the seas run dry and the stones go soft (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. forever
  3. 3 until the end of time

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